has, as rand paul did yesterday. what i've learned from my experiences with talking filibusters is this. to succeed you need strong convictions bulls a strong pwhraerd, it's obvious senator paul has both. >> in the end john bren and is expected to get through to be the next cia director, that is one reason why you do a filibuster just to hold it up because you know you cannot derail it. it will be interesting to see if the obama administration feels the pressure to give him a firm final answer, jenna. jenna: last week senator reid was saying something about the republicans and calling them weak sauce and this weak some compliments? it was a compliment, right, strong convictions. >> reporter: it was definitely an endurance test, and after almost 13 hours, and he was talking almost all on topic, they saluted him. jenna: i think we can all agree it's nice to see someone with passion whether you agree with them or not standing up for what they believe n. we'll talk a lot about this today. mike, great to see you. bill jon